Ironing-machine



A. J. FISHER.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. I920.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

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IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, I920.

LQQ Patented Dec. 20, 19211:.

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ALVA J. FISHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 HURLEY MACHINECOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

IRONING-MACHINE.

Application filed May 24,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA J. FIsHEB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an ironing machine preferably but notnecessarily designed for household use, and the object thereof is toprovide a simple and efficient machine of this character which iscapable of properly and conveniently ironing articles of different kindsas well as different portions of certain articles which are ratherdifficult of ironing. In the use of the ordinary ironing machine it isdifficult to iron certain articles such as collars and cuffs and certainportions of articles such as the neck bands of shirts. By the use of myinvention all of these different articles and all parts thereof may beconveniently ironed by one and the same machine thereby dispensing withthe use of separate and special machines for special work.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective of a machine embodying myinvention; Fig. 2- an end view thereof on a larger scale and Fig. 3 aside view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring to the particular embodiment of my invention herein shown thesame comprises a main frame, the ironing rolls mounted therein and theironing shoe for supplying the heat and pressure. As shown the frameconsists of two end standards 1 connected together by tie rods 2 andsurmounted by hearing brackets 3. These brackets at their upper endsprovide bearings for the shaft 4 of the main ironing roll 5. This mainroll is located entirely within the compass of the brackets 3 and thesame is adapted to take care of the ordinary ironing. However, the shaft4 is extended at one end so as to project beyond one of the brackets 3.On this extended shaft there is mounted a small or special roll 6 whichis the one adapted to take care of the ironing of special articles suchas collars, cuffs, shirt neckbands, etc.

A feed table 7 is suitably mounted on the brackets 3 and the sameextends only be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 383,649.

tween these two brackets so as to serve only the main roll 5 leaving thesmall roll 6 open and exposed for its special work.

The heating and ironing shoe 8 is pivoted on the horizontal rod 9mounted in the brackets 3 and the same is so extended as to be common toboth the rolls 5 and 6, that is to serve both these rolls for theironing operations.

Thus the small roll 6 is so positioned and arranged that the specialcharacter of iron- 1ng referred to can be easily and readily taken careof by the same machine which does the ordinary ironing, therebydispensing with separate machines for this purpose and enabling a singlemachine to do all of the requlred work, which is a great advantageespecially when used in the household.

I claim:

1. In an ironing machine, the combination of a frame including endbearing brackets, a main ironing roll bearing in said brackets andlocated between them, said roll having a shaft extended at one endbeyond its brackets and freely exposed and unsupported at its outer end,a separate small roll on such extended end, and a single pivoted heatingand pressure shoe common to and. serving both of the rolls.

2. In an ironing machine, the combination of a frame having end bearingbrackets, a main ironing roll mounted within said brackets and locatedtherehetween, said roll having a shaft extending at one end beyond itsbracket and freely exposed and unsupported at its outer end, a separatesmall roll on the extended end, and a cooperating swinging pressureelement inova-ble relatively to both of said rolls as a unit.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of a frame including bearingbrackets, a main ironing roll bearing in said brackets and locatedtherebetween, a shaft extending from said roll at one end beyond itsbracket and freely exposed and unsupported at its outer end, a smallroll on said extended end, and an elongated pressure shoe common to andserving both of said rolls, said shoe being mounted for a swingingmovement relative to said rolls.

ALVA J. FISHER.

